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“Faith is to believe what you do not see; the reward of this faith is to see what you believe.” – St. Augustine #copticorthodox #dailyreading #faith #prayer #lent
Mar 30, 2019
Contemplations
Why then did the blind man on hearing that He was passing by exclaim “Jesus Thou Son of David have mercy on me? “. But how consistent is the interpretation on our side of the question! For He who had been a little while ago invoked by the blind man as “the Son of David” – Tertullian of Carthage #coptic #orthodoxy #christian #lent
Mar 28, 2019
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‘Why then did the blind man, on hearing that He was passing by, exclaim, “Jesus, Thou Son of David, have mercy on me? “. But how consistent is the interpretation on our side of the question! For He, who had been a little while ago invoked by the blind man as “the Son of David”’ – Tertullian of Carthage #coptic #orthodoxy #christian #lent
Mar 28, 2019
Contemplations
Christians therefore ought to strive continually and never to pass judgment on anyonno not upon the harlot on the street or upon open sinners and disorderly personsbut to regard all men with singleness of intention and purity of eye so that it may become like a fixed law of nature to despise no one to judge no one to abhor no one to make no distinctions between them. If you see a man with one eye be not divided in your heart but look upon him as if he were whole. If a man is maimed of one hand s
Mar 27, 2019
Contemplations
Christians therefore ought to strive continually, and never to pass judgment on anyon—no, not upon the harlot on the street, or upon open sinners and disorderly persons—but to regard all men with singleness of intention and purity of eye, so that it may become like a fixed law of nature to despise no one, to judge no one, to abhor no one, to make no distinctions between them. If you see a man with one eye, be not divided in your heart, but look upon him as if he were whole. If a man is maimed of one hand, see…
Mar 27, 2019
Contemplations
People brought up at sea learn to swim and when waves and billows rise they are not surprised at it; but those who are not used to these things when even a little sea comes up take fright and go under. So it is with Christians. As the mind of a child of three cannot take in or understand the mind of a grownup reasoner because there is a great difference of age between them so Christians contemplate the world like infant children with their eyes fixed upon the measure of grace. They are strangers
Mar 26, 2019
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